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Last week, a friend sent to me, via WhatsApp, a video on YouTube entitled: “CAMP NEYA: The home of Dr Orji Uzor Kalu,” showing his expansive and palatial residence in his Igbere village in Abia state. My friend must have decided to share the video with me knowing that I enjoy some friendship with the former governor of Abia state (1999 -2007) and current Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate (where he represents the good people of Abia North Senatorial zone).
I was not too eager to watch the video simply because I had a rare privilege of visiting the place in 2004 with the former governor while he was in the leadership saddle. I was travelling with him to Abriba en-route Igbere to the country home of Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (retd), who was celebrating his retirement from Abriba community service in a grand ceremony, called Ime Uche or Igboto Mma, that marked the handing over of certain responsibilities of the community by his Akanu age group to th
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It was a double celebration for the people of Amaeke Item in Bende LGA of Abia-North of Abia State as the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Senatorial announced his plan to reconstruct and renovate their community primary school.
Senator Kalu who is also their representative at the upper parliament disclosed this during the community’s end of year celebration tagged “2020 Amaeke Item Day / Ime Uche and Ifu-Uke”.
IGBERE TV reports that the people who gathered at the “Umunnato Central School” to celebrate the event ; had an icing added to their cake when Senator Kalu who was the Chief Guest of Honour at the event disclosed to them that the primary school will be renovated.